Solanin-

A favorite of mine. Harta.

Cuma tinggal satu di rak Kinokuniya at that time. Berbalut plastik lutsinar, aku capai, ke kaunter dan bayar. I trust my instinct that this book would be a good read somehow.
A yes, indeed.

Solanin bercerita tentang Meiko dan Taneda. Meiko seorang pekerja pejabat yang tidak suka dengan jawatannya, punya ibu bapa yang sering menghantar sekotak sayuran ke apartment kecilnya di Tokyo – terlalu banyak sehingga ubi kentang bertukar menjadi goblins bak kata Jiro dan Kato – Taneda’s bandmates. Taneda pula seorang freelance illustrator, ada band bernama Rotti, love music to the max, tiada wang dan tak mampu nak bayar sewa rumah sendiri – he then ended up living with Meiko at the small apartment.

After a small fight, satu tragedi buruk berlaku pada hari Taneda nak balik rumah jumpa Meiko. Everything change since then.

I admit, memang tak boleh berhenti baca. Somehow, aku suka macam mana Inio Asano describe Meiko’s feeling when she’s all alone in her small apartment masa Taneda blah tinggalkan dia.
“This has never happened before, but I wasn’t really worried. I wonder why…? Then, I caught a cold. While I was sick, I dreamed that Taneda was back, acting the same as always, and I acted the same as always, not realizing it was a dream. Oh…? Has this room always been so big?” (181-183)

Aku suka watak Jiro dan Kato. Especially scene waktu Jiro riding a bicycle, saying – “yo Kato” dengan loceng basikalnya berbunyi ching! ching! ching! Too cute.

A good read, tolong beli kalau minat baca manga dan punya wang.
Worth it.